V6 Ph1 Clubsport

[Kett]

FB contributor made a comment about weight. Very valid point and potential deal-breaker.

Ok - Russo has been weighing his Croms.
Results were:
Front 9.0Kg
Rear 9.55Kg

In turn, I weighed my Oz 17s.
Results were:
Front 10.9Kg
Rear 11.1Kg

Using, Simon Rustedandrotten’s density formula it looks like Alloy Croms will come in at 14kg (I’m happy to be corrected on this).

 

[rustedandrotten]

FB contributor made a comment about weight. Very valid point and potential deal-breaker.

Ok - Russo has been weighing his Croms.
Results were:
Front 9.0Kg
Rear 9.55Kg

In turn, I weighed my Oz 17s.
Results were:
Front 10.9Kg
Rear 11.1Kg

Using, Simon Rustedandrotten’s density formula it looks like Alloy Croms will come in at 14kg (I’m happy to be corrected on this).

Spot on Kett, all to do with the volume of each material in the respective wheels, Aluminium can be thinner in section as it is inherently stronger than magnesium when considered by cross section. If you made Crom replicas from Al it should be possible to remove some of the extra weight by judicious machining, particularly inside the rim, half a kilo or so might get down to an acceptable level. Don’t forget Croms are 18 so do you have the weights for Ph2 OZ rims?

 

[moktabe]

I weighed my Ph2 wheels for postage purposes and they were as below...

Fronts : - 12.4 kg
Rears : - 12 kg

 

[Kett]

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Yellow graphic removed from spoiler wrap to keep it monotone. :approve:

 

[Kett]

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Tow-eye sample bolt cut to preferred length. Choice of available tow-eye styles in waiting.

 

[Kett]

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My feeble attempt to create a table of wheel data. The weights section are guide estimates.

 

[Kett]

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My feeble attempt to create a table of wheel data. The weights section are guide estimates.

It’s amazing how much weight the crazy Ph2 front wheel offsets add, particularly as it’s a slimmer rim to the rear.

The figures also give some credence to the ‘under-wheeled’ Ph1 rim.

I’ve read in Porsche forums that good performance wheels are 11-12kg (which marries up with the OZs). Anything more would increase unsprung mass; leading to greater vibration and reduced traction performance.

 

[Kett]

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Valves & ports cleaned. :approve:

 

[Kett]

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New alternator.

 

[Kett]

Blue-to-black carpet dye treatment appears successful.
Just awaiting some further confirmation that the black is colourfast and the material texture is unaffected.

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[Kett]

Some small modification to the tow-eye shackle.
Apologies if this is boring some folks… :rofl:

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Before

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After

 

[Brembov6]

Please keep them coming. Enjoying keeping up to date with your project :approve:

 

[ed_harland]

Some small modification to the tow-eye shackle.
Apologies if this is boring some folks… :rofl:

The devil is in the detail

 

[rustedandrotten]

Some small modification to the tow-eye shackle.
Apologies if this is boring some folks… :rofl:

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Before

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After

Maybe for cosmetic and aesthetics but not good for practicality, removable pin there for a reason as well as strength, you can’t connect a loop ended tow rope and if you did the shackle bow would possibly distort and let go causing untold damage to the fron bumper :rofl: :rofl:

 

[Kett]

^^^ thought of that too!
Chased a channel for a flat-blade screwdriver. It works very well. :approve:
(See artist’s impression)
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[Kett]

Torque technics ceramic coated custom six branch tubular manifold with sports cat was badly stained/discoloured by the former oil-leak. The decision was to blast and coat with high-temperature paint.

I was signposted to products like Cerakote (high-temperature paint with ceramic coating properties) but I wasn’t wholly convinced about the efficacy. No matter, these options can be revisited if need be.


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[Kett]

Ecstatic to see the polished engine components reassembled with new auxiliaries attached.

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[Kett]

Delighted that the bespoke ‘hidden bracket’ for the MoTeC mini-dash has worked a treat. Technically unfinished as is awaiting final enamel coating. Very useful to have had an original dash spare to goof around with for prototyping.

The shown plastic blue vent will be binned and substituted with a black component.

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[Kett]

Remarkably (given the ‘queuing for’ worksheet), the Safety Devices half-cage has returned from the paint shop.
We learned that the paint easily marks on insertion & removal of the engine covers. To assist matters, PPF will be applied and that will hopefully resolve the issue. Engine covers will, furthermore, be handled with kid gloves…
:rofl:

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[Kett]

How much ancient aftermarket electrical crap can fit inside a Vee dashboard?

Nakamichi cassette deck plus gubbins…
Snooper gubbins…
Parrot gubbins…
Cobra alarm paraphernalia…

Ditching all this crap should improve the 0-60 by 0.1sec… :rofl: